MST3K

[kovitlac]

Just wondering if anyone else here is as big a fan as I am of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

For those of you who may not have watched it or heard of it, MST3K is a show that basically takes horribly-made movies (and shorter, roughly 10 minute videos called shorts) and basically makes fun of the whole damn thing. The "plot" (there's not much of a plot - it's all about the films) centers around a man and two robots being forced to watch these horrendously bad movies while in space. In order to keep from being driven insane, they make fun of it the whole way through.

There are several movies on youtube broken up into parts, but I'll just post some of the "shorts" here:

Johnny at the Fair: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqnW4GjQlwo&feature=related

Appreciating our Parents: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BavuV6Rg61s&feature=related

A Date with your Family: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hh4M4vipAo&feature=related

A Case of Spring Fever (possibly the best short EVER): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngBNklagsHQ

Gumby Robot Rumpus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0n0EsHB0JY


Warning: These can be *incredibly* addicting!

[Forest]

Lol! Those are great! I love the one about Johnny and the fair - cracked me up the most. It's scary though, looking at films like that in this day and age, that we can't stop thinking "Okay, so if this was real life, little Johnny would be being driven away by some loony now...".

Thanks for sharing! And you're right - they really are addicting!

[kovitlac]

You're very welcome! If you're not opposed to spending a lot of time waiting for youtube to load, I'd suggest you watch some of the movies I used to watch them while they were still airing on tv, and so many of them are absolutely priceless XD

As for actually buying the videos, I know they are not at Blockbuster... I'm sure I could find some of them online. The only one I've had on dvd was a collection of these shorts, and my dad had barrowed that from a friend. That's actually when I first fell in love with the show

[exedore]

My favourite MST3K short was always "Young Man's Fancy", which was about how modern electronic appliances allowed a girl to land her brother's best friend.

Hi-Keeba!

[kovitlac]

I remember watching on from the Shorts dvd, where it showed scientists holding lab rats, and the robots and the guys were all screaming "SAVE ME! SAVE ME!..."

On youtube, you can also find Master Chief Theater 3000, which is, of course, a Halo-theme parody.